The armed wing of Hamas immediately launched a brand new video of one of many folks kidnapped on October 7, 2023 through the assault by militants of the Palestinian Islamist motion, who infiltrated from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel.
The video, which lasts about 3 minutes and 30 seconds and whose recording date can’t be verified, exhibits a younger girl talking in Hebrew and calling on the Israeli authorities to behave for her launch.
The household of 19-year-old Israeli hostage Liri Albagh has allowed screenshots of the video to be launched, the Households Discussion board, the principle affiliation of family of hostages held within the Gaza Strip, has introduced.
“We attraction to the prime minister, world leaders and all decision-makers: it's time to make choices as if your personal kids have been there,” the Albagh household stated in an announcement.
The younger girl was kidnapped whereas doing her army service on the Nahal Oz base in southern Israel, together with six different feminine troopers, 5 of whom are nonetheless being held captive.
The Households Discussion board stated in an announcement that this signal of life was “stark and simple proof of the pressing must carry the hostages again to their houses.”
A rally for the discharge of the hostages will probably be held tonight in Tel Aviv, because it has been each Saturday for the previous year-plus, in addition to in Jerusalem and different components of Israel.
Hamas and Islamic Jihad, one other Palestinian militant group concerned within the October 7 assault that sparked the Gaza battle, have already launched hostage movies previously.
This newest video comes as Hamas introduced on Friday the resumption of oblique negotiations with Israel in Doha for a cease-fire in Gaza. Israel has not confirmed this resumption.
Because the begin of the battle, just one week-long truce has been noticed, in November 2023, throughout which 105 hostages have been launched and 240 Palestinians held in Israel have been launched.
In the course of the October 7 assault, which left greater than 1,200 folks useless on the Israeli facet, most of them civilians, based on a rely based mostly on official figures, 251 folks have been kidnapped. A complete of 96 hostages stay in Gaza, 34 of whom are confirmed useless based on the army.
Supply: APE-MPE-AFP-Reuters
